United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) A/RES/70/175 Mindful that, in the Salvador Declaration on Comprehensive Strategies for Global Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Systems and Their Development in a Changing World, 3 Member States recognized that an effective, fair, accountable and humane criminal justice system was based on the commitment to uphold the protection of human rights in the administration of justice and the prevention and control of crime, and acknowledged the value and impact of the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice in designing and implementing national crime prevention and criminal justice policies, procedures and programmes, Taking into account the progressive development of international law pertaining to the treatment of prisoners since 1955, including in international instruments such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,4 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights4 and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment5 and the Optional Protocol thereto,6 Recalling the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice related to the treatment of prisoners and to alternatives to imprisonment adopted since 1955, in particular the procedures for the effective implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners,7 the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, 8 the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, 9 the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules)10 and the basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters, 11 Bearing in mind the need for vigilance with regard to the specific situation of children, juveniles and women in the administration of justice, in particular while they are deprived of their liberty, as called for in the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules),12 the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines),13 the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty14 and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules),15 Recalling the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice adopted since 1955 that provide additional guidance on the treatment of prisoners, including the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement _______________ Resolution 65/230, annex. See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1465, No. 24841. 6 Ibid., vol. 2375, No. 24841. 7 Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/47, annex. 8 Resolution 43/173, annex. 9 Resolution 45/111, annex. 10 Resolution 45/110, annex. 11 Economic and Social Council resolution 2002/12, annex. 12 Resolution 40/33, annex. 13 Resolution 45/112, annex. 14 Resolution 45/113, annex. 15 Resolution 65/229, annex. 3 4 2/33

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